Watch and Clock Repairers
Tasks Include:
- Oil moving parts of timepieces.
- Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.
- Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.
- Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
- Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.
- Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments.
- Fabricate parts for watches and clocks, using small lathes and other machines.
- Estimate repair costs and timepiece values.
- Perform regular adjustment and maintenance on timepieces, watch cases, and watch bands.
- Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.
- Record quantities and types of timepieces repaired, serial and model numbers of items, work performed, and charges for repairs.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -18.2%
National: -22.7%
Education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$48,370.00
State
No Data
Regional
Watch and Clock Repairers
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.
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Watch and Clock Repairers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 45.76%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 22.37%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 21.45%
- Some College Courses = 7.51%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 1.68%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 1.22%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 40.95%
- Over 10 years = 21.19%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 17.18%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.63%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.88%
- None = 2.10%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.66%
- Up to and including 1 month = 1.21%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.21%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 49.45%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 22.50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.57%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.07%
- Up to and including 1 month = 3.75%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.66%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 33.58%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 22.50%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 19.63%
- None or short demonstration = 15.88%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 2.86%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 2.54%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.66%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.36%
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Watch and Clock Repairers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Oil moving parts of timepieces.
- Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.
- Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.
- Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
- Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.
- Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments.
- Fabricate parts for watches and clocks, using small lathes and other machines.
- Estimate repair costs and timepiece values.
- Perform regular adjustment and maintenance on timepieces, watch cases, and watch bands.
- Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.
- Record quantities and types of timepieces repaired, serial and model numbers of items, work performed, and charges for repairs.
- Gather information from customers about a timepiece's problems and its service history.
- Test and replace batteries and other electronic components.
- Demagnetize mechanisms, using demagnetizing machines.
- Order supplies, including replacement parts, for timing instruments.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Watch and Clock Repairers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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80.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
67.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
64.00 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
51.75 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
51.25 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
51.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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78.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
75.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
75.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
62.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
59.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Watch and Clock Repairers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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83.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
77.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
76.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
73.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
73.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
73.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
73.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
68.75 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
67.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
66.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
64.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
61.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
60.50 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
59.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
58.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
54.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
53.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
49.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
49.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
49.75 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
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Watch and Clock Repairers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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99.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
89.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
78.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
77.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
72.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
72.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
70.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
70.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
69.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
66.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
64.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
62.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
58.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
57.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
57.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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100.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
100.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
97.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
93.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
93.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
92.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
86.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
83.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
76.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
73.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
72.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
70.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
66.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
65.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
63.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
63.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
61.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
57.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
54.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
51.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
50.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
49.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
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United States | $28,080.00 | $48,370.00 | $59,620.00 |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
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United States | 2,200 | 1,700 | -22.7% |
Virginia | 137 | 112 | -18.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Watch and Clock Repairers
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Watch and Clock Repairers
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Watch and Clock Repairers
Titles
- Antique Clock Repairer
- Antique Clocks Repairer
- Auto Clocks Repairer
- Blocker and Polisher
- Caser
- Chronometer Repairer
- Clock Maker
- Clock Mechanic
- Clock Repair Technician
- Clock Repairer
- Clock Smith
- Clockmaker
- Clockmaker Apprentice
- Clocksmith
- Crowner
- Dial Printer
- Electric Clock Mechanic
- Horologist
- Horologist Apprentice
- Pallet Stone Inserter
- Pallet Stone Positioner
- Screwhead Polisher
- Time Clock Inspector
- Time Clock Mechanic
- Time Piece Repairer
- Watch and Clock Repairer
- Watch Caser
- Watch Mechanic
- Watch Repair Person
- Watch Repairer Apprentice
- Watchmaker
- Watchmaker Apprentice
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Related Schools
- Austin Community College District
- Gem City College
- North Bennet Street School
- North Seattle College
- Paris Junior College
- Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg
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